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Children's visits to the paediatric intensive care unit from the nurses' experience

BACKGROUND: Family process disruption is one of the main consequences of the hospitalization of a critically ill child in a Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). Children's visits to PICU may help improve family coping. However, this is not standard…

Tags: 2021, Alcolea-Cosín MT, Alonso-Lloret F, Belda-Holfheinz S, Child, Child Advocacy, Enfermería Intensiva (English Edition), Espinosa-Bayal MÁ, Family Nursing, Gil-Domínguez S, González-Gil MT, Luna-Castaño P, October 2021 List, Pérez-García S, Paediatric Intensive Care Units, Piqueras-Rodríguez P, Sánchez-Díaz JI, Torrent-Vela S

A charter for the rights of the dying child

2014-05

Tags: 2014, Backlog, Benini F, Child, Child Advocacy, Humans, Journal Article, Lancet, Orzalesi M, Terminal Care, Terminally Ill, Vecchi R

Rights of the child: to die?

The legal position of the child as a vulnerable individual requires us as a society to treat them with special consideration in regard to the sanctity of life. In UK law, euthanasia is currently illegal, although there are some moves afoot to have…

Tags: 2014, Backlog, British Journal Of Nursing, Campbell A, Child, Child Advocacy, Europe, Euthanasia, Gormley-Fleming Liz, Humans, Journal Article, Patient Rights, Terminally Ill

The use of pediatric advance directives: a tool for palliative care physicians.

Although laws such as the Patient Self-Determination Act encourage individuals to address their end-of-life treatment preferences using advance directives, the wishes of children have traditionally been ignored or, perhaps even worse, overruled.…

Tags: 2008, Advance Care Planning/es [Ethics], Advance Care Planning/og [Organization & Administration], Backlog, Child, Child Advocacy, Child Advocacy/es [Ethics], Child Advocacy/lj [Legislation & Jurisprudence], Child Advocacy/px [Psychology], Decision Making, DNAR, Humans, Journal Article, Minors/lj [legislation & Jurisprudence], Minors/px [Psychology], Palliative Care/es [Ethics], Palliative Care/og [Organization & Administration], Palliative Care/px [psychology], Parental Consent/es [Ethics], Parental Consent/lj [Legislation & Jurisprudence], Parental Consent/px [Psychology], Patient Participation/lj [Legislation & Jurisprudence], Patient Participation/px [Psychology], Pediatrics/es [Ethics], Pediatrics/og [Organization & Administration], Personal Autonomy, Right to Die/es [Ethics], Right to Die/lj [Legislation & Jurisprudence], The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care, United States, Zinner SE

Nurses' attitudes to pain management during routine venepuncture in young children

Venepuncture is one of the most commonly performed clinical procedures carried out on young children. Evidence indicates inconsistency in the use of pain management strategies during these procedures. A survey method was used to explore nurses' views…

End-of-life care in the pediatric intensive care unit: attitudes and practices of pediatric critical care physicians and nurses

OBJECTIVE: To determine the attitudes and practices of pediatric critical care attending physicians and pediatric critical care nurses on end-of-life care. DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey. SETTING: A random sample of clinicians at 31 pediatric…

The Needs Of Children With Life-limiting Conditions: A Healthcare-provider-based Model

Pediatric hospice and palliative care has progressed in recent years with the development of new programs and models of care. Missing from the empirical literature, however is a model of the needs of children. The purpose of the present study was to…

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